bevvy verb to drink alcohol UK,1934 ▶ on the bevvy; on the bevie to be drinking, expecially for a period of time dedicated to drunkenness UK
/Anyone known to be a heavy drinker is a “bevie homie” and anyone having an occasional blind is then “on the bevie”. — Butch Reynolds, BrokenHeartedClown, p. 29, 1953